Ian McGuire

Ian McGuire grew up near Hull and studied at the University of Manchester and the University of Virginia, USA. He is a founder and co-director of the University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing. His stories have been published in the Chicago Review, Paris Review and elsewhere, and his first novel was INCREDIBLE BODIES. His second novel, THE NORTH WATER, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has won the 2017 RSL Encore Award.